This article will provide C# code that will allow you to leverage the Exchange Management Shell to add a new Microsoft Exchange 2010/2013 Mailbox and Active Directory Account. In order to use the code below, you must have the Exchange Management tools installed on the machine which will be running this code. Exchange Management Tools… Read More
If you are working with Microsoft SQL Server, you may find yourself needing some sort of non-traditional backup. If that is the case you have come to the right place. Below we will detail how to backup SQL Server databases using a Powershell script. Note, this script can be extended to add email functionality by… Read More
This is an extended Powershell script that will allow you to send an email based on my original article Send Email With Powershell. With that said, this script has been extended to allow for input parameters and SMTP authentication. The input parameters allow the script to be called from other powershell scripts.
If you are working with MySQL on Windows you probably know about the MySQL Connector/Net . If you don’t, please read further. MySQL Connector/Net has made working with MySQL Server or MariaDB Server on windows a breeze. Initially it was commonly used as an interface between .Net Applications and MySQL. With the advent of Powershell… Read More
While we have been testing Windows 8/8.1 for awhile now, I have finally realized it is time to take the leap and run it as my main Windows OS. With that said, I will be writing some articles on my experiences transitioning to Windows 8.1. To start we will want to remove all the Metro… Read More
Windows Server Updates Services is a nice tool that can be used in network deployments that enables network administrators to fine tune their windows patching process. Essentially WSUS creates a local repository of updates that it has downloaded from Microsoft to deploy to client machines. While this is great, the repository depending on what you… Read More
This is a basic Powershell script that will allow you to send an email. With that said, I want to point out that the top of the enclosed script has a comments section that includes filename, author, created date and a basic description of the script. While the name of the script is typically indicative… Read More